Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: Are you a collector or a listener?

OK folks, time to spill the beans. Are you a collector of OTR shows or a listener or a little of both. I know that people will collect anything. Little thimbles from everywhere they've ever been, little spoons, Old glass, rocks and shells, hats, tee shirts or whatever.

I will have to 'fess up and say both. I do listen every single day for probably at least two hours. Also, all night long the cd player is playing, even though I doubt my husband and I really understand much about the shows during the night. I also really like the music shows and often have them playing in the background during the day when I can't really pay attention to a story.

But, I do have many more shows than I will probably ever hear and I keep downloading.

I will have to 'fess up and say both. I do listen every single day for probably at least two hours. Also, all night long the cd player is playing, even though I doubt my husband and I really understand much about the shows during the night. I also really like the music shows and often have them playing in the background during the day when I can't really pay attention to a story.

But, I do have many more shows than I will probably ever hear and I keep downloading.

Shirley

Shirley,

It's so nice that you and your husband share a hobby. That's a very rare thing now-a-days. Good for you!

OK, I'll tell you a little story about myself. Right before I got married (16 years ago). I went on a cross country trip to California from Illinois. Now, I'm a small town boy at heart so I didn't expect all of the...

OK, I forgot where I was going with this. I'll pick it up later if I can remember. I think this is that "one" story where I got drunk and made a big ass of myself. I'll try to remember it for next time.

I have a collection of shows, but I wouldn't call myself a collector, more of a listener. Sometimes 6+ hours a day. (I can listen to my iPod at work)

I am thinking about getting an external hard drive to start keeping shows on because neither my laptop or desktop can hold very much._________________"I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could." -Orson Welles

I have a collection of shows, but I wouldn't call myself a collector, more of a listener. Sometimes 6+ hours a day. (I can listen to my iPod at work)

I am thinking about getting an external hard drive to start keeping shows on because neither my laptop or desktop can hold very much.

Adeny,

I found some good external drives at "Best Buy". Not sure if you have one by you but most likely as they are all over the place.

USB hookup, 300 GB, not too expensive. Just right for your OTR shows.
I also got a network attached storage device there. Hooks right up to your local network at home. I've got mine plugged into my Linksys wireless router. You can also plug in an extra USB drive to it for more storage. If you need help picking one out, let me know. I'd be glad to help you.

I used to work in an IT dept. at an insurance company and took care of the network, servers and desktops for over 10 years before I went completely crazy and had to quit because of the stress. Now it's just a hobby.

Wow, you get to listen to your ipod all day at work. You must have a pretty good job! Most places wouldn't let you do that. Good for you!

Brad

I am a file clerk, I sit in front of a computer and scan mortgage files all day long. As long as I am paying attention to the screen, they do not mind._________________"I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could." -Orson Welles

Brad...I would say I am more of a collector than a listener...although, I do listen to some...occasionally. I have so many DVDs burned, I'm running out of room . My wife keeps asking me...."When you go (pass on) what are you going to do with all of these...I mean, who would want them??"

I recently purchased an external burner (from Best Buy)...made by L.G.. I got it because I am involved in several distros, and needed a fast way to get the disks copied. I can copy from one DVD to another in about 4 minutes. The same goes with burning files to a DVD. I think the latter is because I upgraded my RAM to 2 gbs _________________Gil

Brad...I would say I am more of a collector than a listener...although, I do listen to some...occasionally. I have so many DVDs burned, I'm running out of room . My wife keeps asking me...."When you go (pass on) what are you going to do with all of these...I mean, who would want them??"

I recently purchased an external burner (from Best Buy)...made by L.G.. I got it because I am involved in several distros, and needed a fast way to get the disks copied. I can copy from one DVD to another in about 4 minutes. The same goes with burning files to a DVD. I think the latter is because I upgraded my RAM to 2 gbs

IE - - 16x DVDs at 8x and I never burn CDs any faster than 16x regardless of the rated speed

I have a Samsung burner that will burn my 16x Verbatim DVDs at 20x but I resist . . after all, I'm not racing . . and I want to be able to create the absolute best possible copies of my materials . . .

My background in burning DVDs & CDs is well over 10,000 discs burned . . consisting of videos (movies), audio (tons of .mp3 and CDs) as well as the footage of every single surgery (and basically every time I've come in contact with) I've ever performed on various exotic cats over the years for liability purposes . . . Keeping excellent records has saved my rear end in several court liability cases . . .

V....._________________at 9:05am on Jan 27th, my buddy left me
R.I.P. my loving friend
A righteous man regards the life of his animal

Victor...well, I'm using Nero burning software...but can't seem to find the place to change my speed...or, it won't give me a choice of anything else. Do you know how to access this? My blank DVDs are 16x._________________Gil

I love to listen, but I tend to accumulate them faster than I can play them. I love it when I bet into a situation where I can listen for long periods at a time and not feel guilty doing it.

I had a job editing technical documentation a few years ago, it was pretty mindless work. Copy the text from the old documentation, paste it into the new template, and apply the new SGML formatting tags. I found my co-workers' chit-chatting distracting and found I could work more efficiently with headphones on, so I would listen to books on tape while I worked.

A few years later, I was dating a girl in Kentucky and listened to them while driving between North Carolina and Kentucky. I also began reconnecting with OTR during that same time period as I started finding downloadable collections on the Web.

Last spring, when I was teaching at a community college, I had a two-hour break between classes. It wasn't long enough to warrant going home, but I carried my mp3 player in my briefcase and enjoyed passing that time by listening to OTR shows I've accumulated from various online sources.

I'm a bit of both. I have found some at other places online and often listen to them. Even have some downloaded to my little mp3 player so I can listen while on the go (while also paying attention to the world round me of course. )